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Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the US continue to honor Columbus Day?

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The U.S. must continue observing Columbus Day. If we don't, then people will forget all about Columbus, one of the most important figures in the history of white Imperialism. God knows, no one teaches anything about history in school - so holidays and PBS specials are pretty much all we have. And, as I think someone wise onc... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Baseball Baseball's Barry Bonds and the Yankees?

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Barry Bonds will not be returning to the San Francisco Giants. Speculation as to where he will land next season - should he choose to continue his career at all - centers mostly around American League clubs, since it's assumed Barry is no longer able to play the field and will have to DH. The teams most-often mentioned are t... More..

Entertainment > Hollywood & Movie Industry Everyone's a critic: Evaluating the trend of online movie reviews

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Is any average Joe's opinion of a movie worth as much as that of a professional critic who has gone to college and maybe even film school, and decided to make a career out of studying movies and writing about them? I would say no. The average Joe, first of all, only sees movies that are to his tastes - the critic on the othe... More..

Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Are we reaching the end of the sitcom television genre

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The sitcom as we once knew it is all but dead. This should come as no shock, as the form has been moribund seemingly for years. I honestly can't remember the last genuine sitcom I watched on a regular basis. Roseanne maybe? Not that my own viewing habits are necessarily an accurate gauge of a genre's viability, but still, I ... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Notes on a Scandal

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Notes on a Scandal is the kind of over-the-top melodrama people like Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck used to have a field-day in. Those ladies are dead now though, so instead we get Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench - which isn't too bad either. Judi and Cate play a pair of unlikely friends who are not really friends at all. Ju... More..

Entertainment > Characters & Personalities Who would win in a fight: Jack Bauer or Chuck Norris?

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This is an easy one. Obviously, Norris would win - because he is a real person, whereas Jack Bauer is a fictional character. Real flesh & blood people always win fights against fictional characters, because fictional characters only exist on paper and film, and any real person with any strength can easily tear up paper or ta... More..

Entertainment > Movie Analysis Does Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End deliver where Dead Man's Chest didn't?

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The answer to this is, resoundingly, no. Dead Man's Chest, for all its excesses, was still a perfectly enjoyable action/adventure, featuring an amusing Johnny Depp performance, a good villain-turn by Bill Nighy and some cleverly-staged if rather over-the-top set-pieces. At World's End, however, quickly degenerated into half-... More..

Entertainment > Music Business The case against digital rights management (DRM)

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There's a militant, rebel part of me that wants to cry out against DRM as an Orwellian invasion of my privacy. This part of me says that my computer is my computer, and if I download a file to my computer then I should be able to do with that file whatever I please - the same as I can do whatever I please with the hardware i... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: American Gangster

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American Gangster is a cousin to another of 2007's big hard-hitting movies, David Fincher's '70s anti-nostalgia trip Zodiac. The past in these films is not an innocent place; the agenda is not to sell us on a misty-eyed portrait of history, with an eye toward a heavy-handed, disingenuous sales job about how far we've sunk. T... More..

Entertainment > TV News & Commentary Should CBS's Katie Couric share her anchor chair?

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Katie Couric needs to continue being the sole anchor of CBS Evening News. Adding a second person would only seem like desperation at this point, plus, can you imagine how much tension there would be on-the-air if Katie were forced to share the spotlight? There was palpable resentment between her and Matt Lauer on the Today S... More..

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2. The case against digital rights management (DRM)
3. Are we reaching the end of the sitcom television genre
4. Everyone's a critic: Evaluating the trend of online movie reviews
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6. Should the US continue to honor Columbus Day?
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8. Who would win in a fight: Jack Bauer or Chuck Norris?
9. Should CBS's Katie Couric share her anchor chair?
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